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taking the lead in developing and implementing a national, annual survey of trainees which will give them a voice, be a safe place for them to provide feedback on their training experience and enable systemic issues such as potential hotspots of bullying and harassment to be identified. AHPRA and the Board will work with health departments, employers, medical colleges, and the Australian Medical Council to develop the governance and funding arrangements to make this happen

commissioning research on vexatious complaints to understand how and why people are driven to make them, and what we can do about it. The data we have now indicates this is a small problem with a big impact when it happens. We will publish what we learn and act on it, and

strengthening Good medical practice - a code of conduct for doctors in Australia on vexatious complaints and establishing a clear benchmark to enable the Medical Board of Australia to take further action against a practitioner who makes complaints purely to damage another registered practitioner.